Biology:Tithorea harmonia

Short description: Species of butterfly

Tithorea harmonia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Tithorea
Species:	T. harmonia
Binomial name
Tithorea harmonia (Cramer, 1777)
Synonyms
Papilio harmonia Cramer, 1777 Tithorea harmonia f. moppa Bryk, 1937 Tithorea harmonia deltana Fox, 1956 Papilio irene Drury, 1782 Tithorea umbratilis Bates, 1866 Heliconia megara Godart, [1819] Tithorea flavescens Kirby, 1889 Tithorea egaensis Butler, 1873 Tithorea pseudethra Butler, 1873 Tithorea neitha Hopffer, 1874 Tithorea neitha Hopffer, 1879 Tithorea helicaon Godman & Salvin, [1879] Tithorea hippothous Godman & Salvin, [1879] Tithorea furea var. salvadoris Staudinger, 1885 Tithorea tyro Doubleday, 1847 Hirsutis pseudonyma mira Neustetter, 1929 Tithorea hermias hermina ab. napona Haensch, 1903 Tithorea assimilis Haensch, 1905

Tithorea harmonia, the Harmonia tiger-wing or Harmonia tiger, is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Nymphalidae.

Description

Tithorea harmonia has a wingspan reaching about 70 millimetres (2.8 in). This toxic "tiger" butterfly has the usual pattern of black wings with bright orange bands. The forewings have a black tip. Also the antennae are orange. Larvae feed on Prestonia species.

Distribution

This widespread species can be found from Mexico to South America.

Subspecies

T. h. hermias

Tithorea harmonia in Adalbert Seitz

Listed alphabetically:

• T. h. brunnea Haensch, 1905 (Peru)
• T. h. caissara (Zikán, 1941) (Brazil)
• T. h. cuparina Bates, 1862 (Brazil)
• T. h. dorada Brown, 1977 (Venezuela)
• T. h. egaensis Butler, 1873 (Brazil)
• T. h. flacilla Godman & Salvin, 1898 (Colombia)
• T. h. furia Staudinger, 1884 (Ecuador - Venezuela)
• T. h. furina Godman & Salvin, 1898 (Colombia)
• T. h. gilberti Brown, 1977 (Peru)
• T. h. harmonia (Surinam, Venezuela, French Guiana)
• T. h. helicaon Godman & Salvin, 1879 (Nicaragua - Panama, Costa Rica)
• T. h. hermias Godman & Salvin, 1898 (Ecuador, Amazon)
• T. h. hermina Haensch, 1903 (Ecuador)
• T. h. hippothous Godman & Salvin, 1879 (Guatemala)
• T. h. irene (Drury, 1782) (Panama)
• T. h. lateflava (Haensch, 1909) (Bolivia)
• T. h. manabiana Fox, 1956 (Ecuador)
• T. h. martina Fox, 1956 (Peru)
• T. h. megara (Godart, 1819) (Trinidad)
• T. h. melanina Haensch, 1905 (Peru)
• T. h. neitha Hopffer, 1874 (Peru)
• T. h. pseudethra Butler, 1873 (Brazil)
• T. h. pseudonyma Staudinger, 1894 (Bolivia)
• T. h. salvadoris Staudinger, 1885 (El Salvador)
• T. h. sulphurata (Zikán, 1941) (Brazil)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3529549 entry